Improvement in well-augers



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM L. PAYNE, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOJOHN G. SEARLE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WELL-AUGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,181, datedSeptember 23, 1873; application filed August 7 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. L. PAYNE, of Topeka, in the county of Shawneeand State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Well-Angers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in well-angers; andit consists in the arrangement and combination of parts which will bemore fully described hereafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention. (t represents aderrick of any suitable construction, which is placed above the spotwhere the well is to be dug. Passing down into the well is a solidshaft, 0, having its upper end held and steadied in position by thecross-braces e at the top of the derrick, in which is placed a groovedwheel, g, which allows the shaft to be freely revolved. Passing overthis shaft by means ofthe square tube 6, which extends up through itscenter,

7 is the auger, which is provided with pods or doors m, hinged at topand bottom, and held closed by the pins 1, or any other suitabledevices, and which can be swung freely back, so as to discharge theearth after it has been drawn to the top. The frame of the auger, towhich the doors are secured, consists of a circular plate, I, secured tothe top of the square tube i and the transverse arms 5, to which thecutters 6 are secured. The shaft remains in the well until it iscompleted, and serves as a guide, upon which the auger is raised andlowered, and to force the auger into the earth. Around the top of thetube, which extends above the top of the auger, is placed the loosecollar 2, which revolves freely around it, and to which is pivoted thearm 3, to which the elevating-rope at is secured. This arm consists of ametal bar, which drags down the side of the well, and prevents thecollar from turning with the auger, and thereby prevents the rope fromwrapping around the shaft as it is revolved. The elevating-rope has oneend secured to the arm, by which the auger is raised and lowered, andthen passes up over the pulleys in the crossbraces, and has its otherend secured to the Windlass 5. Power being applied to the shaft throughany suitable devices, so as to cause it to revolve, turns the anger withit and forces it into the earth.

Having described my invention, I claim- The auger 1 having the hingeddoors m, square tube 11, through which the shaft 0 passes, collar 2, andarm 3, the parts being combined for operation substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand thisSOth day of July, 1873.

Witnesses: WM. L. PAYNE.

WILLIAM T. BARR, W. G. KENDIG.

